The bio on Baker’s website says the 3’8″ actor started performing at 16 with Burton Lester’s Midgets before joining Billy Smart’s Circus as a clown. He was touring with actor Jack Purvis when the Star Wars roles came along; Purvis plays a Jawa in the original film.

Shield told The Guardian: “When he was a child, he was told that he probably wouldn’t survive through puberty, being a little person in those times, they didn’t have a very good life expectancy. He did extremely well in his life. He was very ill for the last few years so we had been expecting it.